And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns'In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzéard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again and sees the young forest he has created spreading slowly over the valley. Elzéard's solitary, silent work continues and the narrator returns year after year to see the miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant, green landscape that is a testament to one man's creative instinct.VINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our ever-changing relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.
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ISBN | 9781784878016 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Fiction in translation, France, 20th Century, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Provence, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Provence, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Random House UK |
Jahr | 20220707 |
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